Despite Skepticism, Release of $350 Billion More in Federal Bailout Money Gains Favor
Published 1/13/2009 at NYT > Politics
Republican and Democratic Senate leaders signaled that they would support the release of the second half of the Treasury’s $700 billion financial system bailout fund. >
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